Biology 113
General
Biology II
Spring 2008
Course Syllabus
Instructor: Dr. Donald Glassman
Office: Rm. 10D, Bldg. 4
Phone: 515-964-6237
E-mail: dlglassman@dmacc.edu
Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 9:00-10:00 & 12:15 - 1:15,
Friday 9:00-10:00
Text: Biology. 7th
edition. Campbell/Reece
Lab Manual: Symbiosis (Custom edition for DMACC)
Course
Description: This
course is designed for biology/science majors. It is the second course in a
sequence for students majoring in the biological sciences. Its mission is to
provide the student with a solid framework for further coursework. Topics will
include: fungi, plant and animal structure and function, plant and animal
diversity, and ecology.
I. Lecture A tentative lecture schedule is attached. You are responsible
for all material in the assigned chapters as well as the material presented in
class. If you must miss a lecture it is your responsibility to obtain
the notes from a classmate. Attendance and attention in lecture is vital to your success.
II. Lab You are required to attend each lab. You can receive no points for a lab that you did not
attend! A laboratory schedule is attached. You should be adequately prepared
for each laboratory session. This includes reading the laboratory exercise before the laboratory period.
III. Safety Laboratory safety is of paramount importance. It is essential
that you follow proper procedures at all times. No food, drink, tobacco or gum can be permitted in the lab. There
is zero tolerance for inappropriate activities in the laboratory.
IV. Web Site http://www.dmacc.edu/instructors/dlglassman/
The pertinent course information is also posted on
my faculty web site. This site may be used throughout the semester to post
information and assignments. You can also use this site as a link to other
science oriented Web sites of interest.
V. Grading There
will be four (4) written lecture exams (100 points each) and a comprehensive
final (200 points). The laboratory performance will be evaluated by
attendance/participation, lab reports, quizzes, and an ecology project
(specifics will be announced). There will be three lab practical exams given (50
points each). You must pass both the lecture and laboratory components
of the course to pass the course!!
Grades will be assigned based on the percentage of
total points possible you earn:
A 90-100
B 80-89
C 70-79
D 60-69
F <60
Tentative Point Totals
Lecture Exams 400
Final 200
General
attendance, attitude, and participation ~ 25
Laboratory Attendance/Reports/Quizzes/Project ~ 150
Lab
Practicals 150
Total Points
~925
I.
Policy on Missed Exams,
Quizzes, and Labs: NO makeup labs, quizzes, or
practical exams will be given. One and only one missed lecture exam
may be made up by adding the appropriate number of points missed (100) to the
value of the final exam. Example: If one unit test is missed, the final for
that person will be worth 200 pts (value of final) + 100 pts (value of missed
exam) = 300 pts.
II. Competencies: The attached
competencies are the minimum skills and knowledge that you must master to
complete this course. They do not reflect the degree of knowledge and
understanding you must demonstrate to earn a passing grade. If you have any
questions concerning course content or expectations do not hesitate to raise
them.
VII. Suggestions for success: There are many avenues for success in this
class, but
they all involve a
commitment of time and effort which may be greater than that
expected of you in
a non-science class. Plan extra time for this class. Your
attendance in all
classes is very important; few students will have success in this
class with a casual
attendance ethic. Not everyone assimilates information in the
same manner, try to
vary your methods of study…work in a group, make charts
and tables, quiz
yourself, study out-loud and/or utilize the CD-ROM packaged
with your text.
Don't get behind and if you are having trouble, seek help early.
There is no
substitute for effort!
Biology 113 Laboratory Schedule
Spring 2008
TENTATIVE
Week Tues LAB
2 (1/15) Plant
Diversity I (Exercises 1A-B,
2A-D)
3 (1/22) Plant Diversity II (Exercises 1A-B, 2A-D)
4 (1/29) Lab
Practical Exam
5 (2/5) Animal Diversity I (Exercises 1-5)
6 (2/12) Animal Diversity II (Exercises 1, 2, 3, 4A)
7 (2/19) Plant Anatomy (Exercises 1-4)
8 (2/26) Plant
Growth (Exercises 1, 2A, 3A)
9 (3/4) Lab
Practical Exam
10 (3/11) Vertebrate
Anatomy I (Fetal Pig) (Exercises
1-3)
11 (3/18) SPRING BREAK
12 (3/25) Vertebrate Anatomy II (Fetal Pig) (Exercises 1-6)
13 (4/1) Vertebrate
Anatomy III (Fetal Pig) (Exercises
1-3)
14 (4/8) Ecology (Lab
TBA)
15 (4/15) Animal Development (Exercises 1B, 4)
16 (4/22) Lab Practical Exam
Biology
113
Tentative Lecture
Schedule Spring 2008
1 1/7 Fungi 31
Plant Diversity I 29
2 1/14 Plant Diversity II 30
Animal Diversity 32
3 1/21 Invertebrates 33
Vertebrates 34
4 1/28 Exam I
Plant Structure and Growth 35
5 2/4 Transport in Vascular Plants 36
Plant Nutrition 37
6 2/11 Plant Reproduction 38
Plant Responses 39
7 2/18 Exam II
Animal Form and Function 40
Animal Nutrition 41
8 2/25 Circulation and Gas Exchange 42
Immune System 43
9 3/3 Osmoregulation and Excretion 44
Exam III
10 3/10 Endocrine System 45
Animal Reproduction 46
11 3/17 SPRING BREAK
12 3/24 Animal Development 47
Nervous Systems 48
13 3/31 Sensory and Motor Mechanisms 49
Exam IV
14 4/7 Ecology and the Biosphere 50
Population Ecology 52
15 4/14 Community Ecology 53
Ecosystem Ecology 54
16 4/21 Conservation Ecology 55
FINALS
FINAL EXAM (Comprehensive- 200 points)
Monday
April 28, 2008 8:00-10:15
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Policy prohibits: plagiarism (using another person’s writing or copying any
work without proper citation), falsification, unauthorized collaboration during
a test or on an assignment, or substitution for another student to take an
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important for you to be familiar with and follow DMACC’s Academic Misconduct
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or in the DMACC Student Handbook.
Work that
violates these values is incompatible with the goals of this class and will not be
tolerated. Students who are found responsible for a violation of the
Academic Misconduct Policy will receive a failing grade for the course.
Students have the right to appeal and may do so by following the procedures
described in the Academic Misconduct policy.
COURSE
COMPETENCIES:
During this
course, the student will be expected to:
1. Comply with safety and health rules.
1.1 Demonstrate appropriate safety procedures for the
laboratory.
1.2 Locate safety equipment in the laboratory room.
2. Demonstrate laboratory techniques.
2.1 Use a microscope.
2.2 Prepare slides for microscopic examination.
2.3 Explain experimental results.
2.4 Write lab reports.
2.5 Distinguish among laboratory supplies.
2.6 Prepare solutions.
2.7 Show competence in the use of laboratory equipment.
3. Describe characteristics of fungi.
3.1 Distinguish between divisions of fungi.
3.2 Name anatomical features of fungi.
3.3 Differentiate between saprobic, parasitic and
mutualistic modes of nutrition in fungi.
3.4 Discuss the economic and
ecological significant of fungi.
3.5 Describe modes of reproduction and dispersal used by
fungi.
3.6 Describe characteristics of lichens.
4. Examine the diversity of seedless plants.
4.1 Describe the alternation of generation life cycle in
plants.
4.2 Compare the nonvascular plants to vascular plants and
the seedless vascular plants to seed plants.
4.3 Describe the moss life cycle.
4.4 Discuss the ecological and economic significance of
mosses.
4.5 Describe the fern life cycle.
5. Examine the diversity of seed plants.
5.1 Discuss several reproductive adaptations of the seed plants.
5.2 Describe the relationship between the gametophyte and the sporophyte in seed plants.
5.3 Describe the life cycle of a pine tree.
5.4 Describe the structure of an angiosperm flower.
5.5 Describe the life cycle of an angiosperm, including the process of double fertilization.
5.6 Differentiate between monocots and dicots.
5.7 Explain the mutualistic association between flowering plants and animals.
5.8 Discuss the importance of angiosperms to agriculture and industry.
5.9 Discuss strategies that can be employed to conserve plant diversity.
6. Discuss plant structure and growth.
6.1 Differentiate between monocots and dicots.
6.2 Differentiate between rhizomes, stolons, tubers and bulbs.
6.3 Describe the structure and function of parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma cells.
6.4 Describe the structure and function of tracheids, vessel elements, sieve tube members, and companion cells.
6.5 Compare apical meristems to lateral meristems and primary growth to secondary growth.
6.6 Describe the organization of tissues in a plant leaf.
6.7 Discuss the function of the vascular cambium and cork cambium.
6.8 Differentiate between springwood and summerwood.
6.9 Compare the heartwood of a tree to the sapwood.
7. Discuss transport in plants.
7.1 Discuss the osmotic movement of a water plant cell when it is immersed in a hypertonic solution and a hypotonic solution.
7.2 Describe three pathways by which water and minerals move from the soil solution into the root xylem.
7.3 Explain long distance transport of water and solutes in a tree.
7.4 Discuss the role of endodermis and Casparian strip in the movement of substances into the root xylem.
7.5 Explain the ascent of xylem sap in a tree by the transpirational pull – cohesion – tension mechanism.
7.6 Explain the photosynthesis – transpiration compromise that characterizes plant metabolism.
7.7 Explain the mechanism by which the stomata open and close.
7.8 List several adaptations that xerophytes have to reduce transpiration.
7.9 Discuss the seasonal changes in translocation in trees.
8. Discuss plant nutrition.
8.1 Differentiate between macronutrients and micronutrients.
8.2 Compare the properties of sandy soils to clayey soils.
8.3 List several functions of humus.
8.4 Discuss the role of organisms in maintaining the health of the soil.
8.5 Describe the process of cation exchange between soils and plant roots.
8.6 Compare conventional agriculture to sustainable agriculture.
8.7 Describe the role of ammonifying bacteria, nitrogen-fixing bacteria, nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria in the nitrogen cycle.
8.8 Describe the relationship between plant roots and Rhizobium bacteria.
8.9 Describe the relationship between mycorrhizae and plant roots.
9. Discuss plant reproduction.
9.1 Trace the alternation of generations in the life cycle of a plant.
9.2 Describe the process of double fertilization in angiosperms.
9.3 Describe the structure of the mature seed.
9.4 Identify the components of the mature dicot embryo.
9.5 Describe the development of a fleshy fruit.
9.6 List several factors that may cause plants to break seed dormancy.
9.7 Describe vegetative reproduction in plants by means of fragmentation.
9.8 Describe how cultivars are cloned through tissue culture techniques.
9.9 Discuss the role of sexual and asexual reproduction in the life history of wild plants.
10. Discuss plant responses.
10.1 List several characteristics of hormones.
10.2 Discuss the relationship between auxin and phototropism.
10.3 Explain the acid-growth hypothesis of cell elongation.
10.4 Describe how the ratio of auxin to cytokinin influences shoot and root growth.
10.5 Discuss the role of hormones in signal-transduction pathways.
10.6 Discuss responses of plants to gravity, mechanical stimuli, drought, flooding, salt, heat and cold.
10.7 Describe several mechanisms that plants use to defend themselves against herbivores and pathogens.
11. Discuss animal evolution.
11.1 Trace the general pattern of embryological development in animals.
11.2 Describer key features of the parazoa, eutmetazoa, radiate-bilateria, acoelomate, psuedocoelomate- coelomate and protostome – deuterostome grades of animal evolution.
11.3 Differentiate between determinate and indeterminate development.
11.4 Discuss the relationship between bilateral symmetry and cephalization.
12. Discuss invertebrate diversity.
12.1 Describe the dimorphic life cycle of cnidarians.
12.2 List several features of Phylum Platyhelminthes, Mollusca, and Nematoda.
12.3 What is the significance of the well-developed circulatory system of cephalopods.
12.4 Discuss the significance of segmentation in Phylum Annelida.
12.5 Compare an open circulatory system to a closed circulatory system.
12.6 Describe several key features of the arthropod exoskeleton.
12.7 Compare complete metamorphosis to incomplete metamorphosis in insects.
12.8 List several key features of Class Crustacea.
12.9 List several key features of Phylum Echinodermata.
13. Examine ecology.
13.1 Describe ecosystems.
13.2 Outline population interactions.
13.3 Discuss environmental concerns.
13.4 Describe relationships of organisms with environment.
14. Examine population ecology.
14.1 Explain types of population growth.
14.2 Identify factors that regulate population growth.
15. Examine community ecology.
15.1 Discuss symbiotic relationships.
15.2 Describe the process of ecological succession.
16. Examine ecosystem ecology.
16.1 Discuss adaptations to abiotic factors.
16.2 Describe biogeochemical cycles.
16.3 Discuss energy flow in ecosystems.
16.4 Describe biomes.
16.5 Discuss environmental issues